Collection Highlights
Brown Brothers, Irving Place, showing east side from Eighteenth Street to Gramercy Park South
Date:
March, 1909
Object Number:
PR.020.19.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tablecloth
Object Number:
1954.202
Date:
ca. 1876
Medium:
Satin damask
Dimensions:
Overall: 108 x 88 in. ( 274.3 x 223.5 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: top center: "D D D" in foliate gothic script
Description:
Woven white silk damask tablecloth with a medallion portrait of George Wahington in the center surrounded by flags and four American bald eagles with U.S. shields on their breasts; all surrounded by floral scrolls; "D D D" embroidered in foliate gothic script on the top center of the cloth.
Gallery Label:
This tablecloth belonged to the donor's mother, Mrs. Elihu Chauncey.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Seth Low Pierrepont
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
